Hand-moistening device.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE;

H NRY RUSTAD, F LINDSAY, ONTARIO, CANADA.

HAND-MOISTENING. DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 25, 1906.

hand-moistening devices; and the object of -the invention is to providea device which may be readily attached to the clothing and will presenta dampened surface upon which the wearer may moisten his fingers and atthe same time will'not allow the moisture contained to come in contactwith the clothing, and it consists, essentially, of a pouch havlng anopen top and one or more openings in the front thereof, fasteningdevices secured'to said pouch, and a filling of absorbent material insaid pouch.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my device shownattached to a portion of a garment, Fig.2 is avertical section of thedevice. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding partsin each figure.

a is a pouch formed of a back piece I) and a front pocket-shaped piece0. The back piece bis preferably formed of a sheet of rubber or flexiblenon-absorbent material (1 and a backing of suitable textile fabric e,towhich the .rubber is securely cemented. .The front backing d and prepiece c may be of. the same material as the back, to which it issecurely fastened by any suitable means.-

dis a fastener similar to the fasteners y, se-

cured to the back of the tab f by means of a suitable loop j, formingpart of or secured to the textile fabric d.

It will be seen that the pouch may be quickly fastened to the clothingat any place, according to the use for which the person Wearing the samedesires, as all that is necessary to do is to open the safety-pins,catch The, fastener i on the lower tab securely holds'the lower portionof the pouch from lifting upward.

I them in the clothing, and then secure them. 5 5

7c is an opening in the front or pocket portion 0 of the pouch and hasthe edge'thereof suitably turned, so that the material will not tear,

The invention is herein shown and described aswith one opening, thoughit must be understood that it may be preferable to have a number ofopenings or have the entire front perforated, and, further, in place ofhaving the opening for the insertion of. the sponge l the opening may beat the side, or, in fact, at any convenient place, and in some cases itmay be inserted through the opening is in the front. l

, The device isparticularly ap licable in the playing of variousgamessuc as base-ball, cricket, and other games where it is necessary tomoisten the hand to obtain a firm grip on a ball or handleand it in noway interferes with the player, as it may be placed in any position onthe wearers clothing. The sponge will protrude slightly through theopening where one o ening only is made, and the player passes is hand orfingers over the protruding sponge, or where the front is merelyperforated the wearer passes his hands over the perforations and theWater from the sponge oozes therethrough, thus dampening his fingers orthe palm of his hand. The invention is also very useful for businesspurposes, and in banking, where great speed is necessary in the countingof paper money or other documents, the clerk may have the deviceattached to his clothing at any convenient place, so that in moisteninghis fingers for the purpose of catching the paper money or documents itis not necessary to divert his attention from bowl or other receptaclein which the sponge 7 is contained.

What I claimas my invention is 1. A hand-moistening device, comprising acompressible pocket of flexible non-absorbent material, a filling ofabsorbent material inserted therein, and means for fastening said pocketto the clothing, as and for the purpose specified.

2. A hand-moistening device, comprising a compressible pocket offlexible water-tight material having a plurality of openings thereinto,a filling of absorbent material protruding from said pocket, and meansfor fastening said pocket to the clothing as and for the purposespecified.

3. A hand-moistening device, comprising a pocket of flexible Water-tightmaterial open at the top and having an opening'in the front thereof, afilling of absorbent material in said pocket, and means for fasteningsaid pocket to the clothing of the wearer, as and for the I purposespecified.

4. A hand-moistening device, comprising a compressible pocket offlexible Water-tight material having a plurality of openings in itsWalls, a filling of absorbent material in said pocket, and means forfastening said pocket HENRY RUS'IAD.

Witnesses:

I-I. DENNISON, YVM. C. MUIR.

